Here are the facts and figures ahead of Thursday’s Australian Open women’s singles semi-finals (x denotes seeding):
Ashleigh Barty (AUS x1) v Madison Keys (USA)
Head-to-head: Barty leads 2-1
Fast facts
Ashleigh Barty
Age: 25
World ranking: 1
Prize money: $21,665,851
Career titles: 14
Grand Slam titles: 2 (French Open 2019, Wimbledon 2021)
Australian Open best: Semi-final (2020)
Coach: Craig Tyzzer
Making her fourth Slam last-four appearance, winning twice so far. Her only failure was at Melbourne Park two years ago and she is again aiming to become the first Australian woman to win on home soil since Chris O’Neill in 1978.
Path to the semi-final:
1st rd: bt Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 6-0, 6-1
2nd rd: bt Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 6-1, 6-1
3rd rd: bt Camila Giorgi (ITA x30) 6-2, 6-3
4th rd: bt Amanda Anisimova (USA) 6-4, 6-3
Quarter-final: bt Jessica Pegula (USA x21) 6-2, 6-0
Madison Keys
Age: 26
World ranking: 51
Prize money: $13,254,573
Career titles: 6
Grand Slam titles: 0
Australian Open best: Semi-final (2015)
Coach: Georgi Rumenov
Path to the semi-final:
1st rd: bt Sofia Kenin (USA x11) 7-6 (7/2), 7-5
2nd rd: bt Jaqueline Cristian (ROM) 6-2, 7-5
3rd rd: bt Wang Qiang (CHN) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/2)
4th rd: bt Paula Badosa (ESP x8) 6-3, 6-1
Quarter-final: bt Barbora Krejcikova (CZE x4) 6-3, 6-2
Stats Credits- AFP
